NFL “will strongly oppose” elimination of blackout rule

Summary of 8 articles · Updated Dec 21, 2013

“We will strongly oppose any change in the rule,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Politico.com. The Chargers are the only NFL team out of 32 to have a blackout this year. Which sort of supports getting rid of the blackout rule.The San Diego Chargers vs.… (more) The Chargers, however, likely would have avoided the blackout if they’d taken advantage of the rule that allows teams to reduce their minimum sales requirement to as few as 85 percent of all non-premium tickets. Of course, many believe that the mere granting of an extension means that enough tickets will be sold, since many believe that an extension won’t be granted by the NFL absent a commitment by the team seeking it to purchase any remaining tickets at 34 cents on the dollar, an amount which represents the league-wide visiting team’s share of ticket sales.

First-place Bengals avoid TV blackout

Bengals avoid blackout of key Week 16 game

It’s a Festivus miracle. With an extended extension for selling enough tickets to allow the Week 16 game against the Vikings to be televised locally, the Bengals have pulled it off. The team has announced that the contest will indeed be broadcast. Of co…